Appropriate damage control should include an explanation of how this change made it to the live servers. If the developers did not anticipate the results of this patch it calls into question their ability to manage the game. If they did anticipate the results of this patch, it calls into question their judgement. Either way, introducing this version of Ilum to the live servers has had a negative impact on the players' trust and confidence in the PvP developers. This issue needs to be addressed as much as the actual gameplay issues, or the PvP community will suffer.